Valentin Royer and Facundo Mena will fight against each other in the 1st round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Royer who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.29
Facundo Mena -> 3.34

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Facundo Mena

There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Facundo Mena since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer

41 - 17win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
5-3
Clay
31-10
Grass
4-2
Rank
58
High
56
LLLWLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 61-31 16-8 31-11 10-10 4-2 0-0
2024 48-30 6-5 32-13 10-11 0-1 0-0
2023 51-20 24-7 22-10 5-3 0-0 0-0
2022 51-25 8-4 30-15 13-6 0-0 0-0
2021 24-17 1-2 13-8 10-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 108 (career-high), Royer will start his run in the San Marino Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-4 6-4 5-7 7-6(1) to Mannarino in the 2nd round on the 2nd of July.

Royer has an aggregate 40-17 win-loss record in 2025, 30-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Kigali 1 Challenger where he overcame Andrej Martin in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Kigali 2 Challenger where he beat Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 248-133 record. He has a positive 134-60 record on clay.

Previously in the San Marino Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

San Marino Challenger
Royer's Record

Facundo Mena

Facundo Mena

12 - 20win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
12-18
Grass
0-1
Rank
389
High
127
WLWWWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-25 4-3 17-21 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 51-24 3-1 47-23 1-0 0-0 0-0
2023 31-21 11-9 18-11 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 35-29 8-7 25-20 1-1 1-1 0-0
2021 29-30 0-4 29-26 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 251, the Argentine will start his run in the San Marino Challenger after he played his last match in the Trieste Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-0

to Cecchinato in the 1st round on the 7th of July.

The Argentine has a compiled 12-19 win-loss record in 2025, 12-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Facundo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.

In terms of his career, Facundo has an overall 472-338 record. He has a positive 397-279 record on clay.

San Marino Challenger
Mena's Record

Tennis Scores in San Marino Challenger

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